Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose was involved in an altercation with a photographer at LAX airport in Los Angeles on Wednesday, it's been reported.

The singer has been accused of throwing a punch at a paparazzo, who claims to have video footage of the incident.

Gossip website TMZ reports that Rose was provoked when two photographers began taking pictures of the woman he was travelling with.

The alleged incident was apparently broken up by members of Rose's entourage, who ushered the star through airport security.

Neither the police nor airport security were asked to intervene, according to TMZ.

Rose was travelling from Los Angeles to Southeast Asia, where Guns N' Roses are scheduled to play dates in Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo before Christmas.

The tour, the band's first in support of recent album 'Chinese Democracy', continues next year in Canada and South America.

(by Jason Gregory)